04/01/13 – Eric Margolis – The Scott Horton Show

Eric Margolis, journalist and author of American Raj, discusses his article “War Risk Rises Sharply in Korea;” the USAF’s provocations that brought on North Korea’s threat to nuke the US; why Americans shouldn’t lose any sleep worrying...

03/15/13 – Eric Margolis – The Scott Horton Show

Eric Margolis, journalist and author of American Raj, discusses the Showtime documentary on Dick Cheney, who casually dismisses his responsibility for starting the disastrous war in Iraq; the African dictators who go to war crimes tribunals while Cheney goes fishing;...

02/18/13 – Eric Margolis – The Scott Horton Show

Eric Margolis, journalist and author of American Raj, discusses how the disputed Senkaku Islands could ignite a China-Japan conflagration; the return of militant nationalism in Asia; why the US should gracefully withdraw from China’s regional sphere of...

01/22/13 – Eric Margolis – The Scott Horton Show

Eric Margolis, journalist and author of American Raj, discusses the surging violence in Mali and Algeria; how tiny Qatar has become a major power broker in the Middle East; Algeria’s short-lived experiment with democratic government; why the Tuareg’s are...

11/30/12 – Eric Margolis – The Scott Horton Show

Eric Margolis, journalist and author of American Raj, discusses Palestine’s overwhelming victory in its bid for non-member observer state status at the UN (with the US in lonely opposition); how influential pro-Israel lobbies have paralyzed US Mideast policy;...

11/02/12 – Eric Margolis – The Scott Horton Show

Eric Margolis, journalist and author of American Raj, discusses why the US and France are so interested in Mali, of all places; the North African al-Qaeda affiliate borne from the brutal Algerian war; how Africa’s vast size and numerous conflicts give the...

10/15/12 – Eric Margolis – The Scott Horton Show

Eric Margolis, journalist and author of American Raj, discusses the war in Mali and “colonialism part 2” in Africa; why the MSM says every Islamic anti-Western group is “linked to Al-Qaeda;” consequences from the US-backed coup in Mauritania;...

09/12/12 – Eric Margolis – The Scott Horton Show

Eric Margolis, author of American Raj, discusses the assaults on US embassies in Libya and Egypt; the anti-Islam movie Innocence of Muslims that was apparently financed by an Israeli American; the shared propaganda techniques of Nazi Germany and today’s...

08/24/12 – Eric Margolis – The Scott Horton Show

American Raj author Eric Margolis discusses what Ethiopian Prime Minister/Dictator Meles Zenawi’s death means for the country’s future; the US’s “mission creep” of fighting terrorism in Africa; why third world revolutionaries would...

07/30/12 – Eric Margolis – The Scott Horton Show

Eric Margolis discusses his article “Has the US Given Israel a Green Light to Attack Syria;” the cooperation between Western intelligence services, special forces, and Syria’s rebels; and the many excuses for intervention, including humanitarian...

07/09/12 – Eric Margolis – The Scott Horton Show

Eric Margolis discusses why Yasser Arafat’s unexplained death in 2004 was probably caused by Polonium 210 poisoning; Israel’s penchant for using rather exotic poisons for assassinating enemies; and the 2006 murder of Russian FSB agent Alexander Litivenko....

06/13/12 – Eric Margolis – The Scott Horton Show

Eric Margolis, internationally syndicated columnist and author of American Raj, discusses his article “Egypt Headed for an Explosion;” the vote-rigging funny business that enabled a Mubarak retread to get in the presidential runoff election; why Egypt won’t remain a...

06/08/12 – Eric Margolis – The Scott Horton Show

Eric Margolis, internationally syndicated columnist and author of American Raj, discusses the fundamentally flawed Middle East countries created after the Ottoman Empire’s dissolution; the US’s first attempt at regime change in Syria in 1948, as told in The Game of...

06/05/12 – Eric Margolis – The Scott Horton Show

Eric Margolis, internationally syndicated columnist and author of American Raj, discusses Pakistan’s potential for dissolution; the Lebanonization of Syria; why Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is urging India to get more involved in Afghanistan; India’s big-spending on...

04/17/12 – Eric Margolis – The Scott Horton Show

Eric Margolis, internationally syndicated columnist and author of War at the Top of the World and American Raj, discusses his article “Cuba Starts to Come Alive;” hanging out with Ernest Hemingway in pre-revolutionary Cuba; why meaningful reform will be delayed until...

03/26/12 – Eric Margolis – The Scott Horton Show

Eric Margolis, internationally syndicated columnist and author of War at the Top of the World and American Raj, discusses his article “The Dangerous Mess in Syria Grows Murkier;” the foreign forces instigating regime change by supporting Syria’s rebellion; why...

02/24/12 – Eric Margolis – The Scott Horton Show

Eric Margolis, internationally syndicated columnist and author of War at the Top of the World and American Raj, discusses the many countries covertly and overtly supporting Syria’s armed resistance; the Western media’s one-sided anti-Assad coverage; how the US is...

12/12/11 – Eric Margolis – The Scott Horton Show

Eric Margolis, internationally syndicated columnist and author of War at the Top of the World and American Raj, discusses the conflict in Syria, where Western-backed instigators and a legitimate domestic opposition face off against the Assad regime – which still...

11/23/11 – Eric Margolis – The Scott Horton Show

Eric Margolis, internationally syndicated columnist and author of War at the Top of the World and American Raj, discusses the mid-1980s declaration of Osama bin Laden’s mentor Abdullah Azzam that the mujahideen would go after US forces in Saudi Arabia after the...

11/15/11 – Eric Margolis – The Scott Horton Show

Eric Margolis, internationally syndicated columnist and author of War at the Top of the World and American Raj, discusses his article “Nuclear Pots Call Iranian Kettle Black;” why Iran hasn’t developed nuclear weapons despite having incentives to do so; the US-sourced...